Mahindra Scorpio-N on-road price in Chennai

₹16,62,168 to ₹31,17,348 on the road27 variants

EMI from about ₹27,930 a month on the Chennai on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.

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Figures as of October 2026, for a first personal car, bought by an individual and paid in cash.

Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Salem.

Why

Registering in a different city of the state does not change them.

All 27 variants priced in Chennai

Variant	Ex-showroom	On-road in Chennai
Z2 Turbo Petrol MT	₹13.69L	₹16,62,168
Z2 Diesel MT	₹14.19L	₹17,21,668
Z4 Turbo Petrol MT	₹15.57L	₹18,85,888
Z4 Diesel RWD MT	₹16.12L	₹19,51,338
Z4 Turbo Petrol AT	₹17.16L	₹20,75,098
Z6 Diesel MT	₹17.17L	₹20,76,288
Z4 Diesel AT	₹17.68L	₹21,36,978
Z8S Turbo Petrol MT	₹17.79L	₹21,50,068
Z4 Diesel AWD MT	₹18.03L	₹21,78,628
Z8S Diesel MT	₹18.79L	₹22,69,068
Z6 Diesel AT	₹18.82L	₹22,72,638
Z8S Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.26L	₹23,24,998
Z8 Diesel MT	₹19.86L	₹23,96,398
Z8S Diesel AT	₹19.89L	₹23,99,968
Z8T Turbo Petrol MT	₹20.38L	₹24,99,038
Z8T Diesel RWD MT	₹20.65L	₹25,31,708
Z8L Turbo Petrol MT	₹21.31L	₹26,11,568
Z8 Diesel AT	₹21.41L	₹26,23,668
Z8T Turbo Petrol AT	₹21.75L	₹26,64,808
Z8L Diesel RWD MT	₹21.99L	₹26,93,848
Z8T Diesel RWD AT	₹22.25L	₹27,25,308
Z8T Diesel AWD MT	₹22.86L	₹27,99,118
Z8L Turbo Petrol AT	₹22.87L	₹28,00,328
Z8L Diesel RWD AT	₹23.49L	₹28,75,348
Z8L Diesel AWD MT	₹24.25L	₹29,67,308
Z8T Diesel AWD AT	₹24.39L	₹29,84,248
Z8L Diesel AWD AT	₹25.49L	₹31,17,348

What the road adds in Chennai, variant by variant

Five of the 27 variants, a quarter of the way up the ladder each time; the table above has every one. The orange is Tamil Nadu's own share.

Z2 Turbo Petrol MT₹16,62,168+21%
₹13,69,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,48,670, everything else ₹44,498
Z8S Turbo Petrol MT₹21,50,068+21%
₹17,79,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹3,22,470, everything else ₹48,598
Z8S Diesel AT₹23,99,968+21%
₹19,89,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹3,60,270, everything else ₹50,698
Z8T Diesel RWD AT₹27,25,308+22%
₹22,25,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹4,47,250, everything else ₹53,058
Z8L Diesel AWD AT₹31,17,348+22%
₹25,49,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹5,12,050, everything else ₹56,298

Ex-showroom priceTamil Nadu's road tax and its chargesRegistration, insurance, TCS and the tagOn the road in Chennai.

Scorpio-N variants on Tamil Nadu's tax steps

Tamil Nadu charges a higher rate on the whole price once it crosses a line. Here is which variant sits where.

Petrol and dieselby price

12%to ₹5 lakh
no variant here
13%to ₹10 lakh
no variant here
18%to ₹20 lakh
Z2 Turbo Petrol MT, Z2 Diesel MT, Z4 Turbo Petrol MT, Z4 Diesel RWD MT, Z4 Turbo Petrol AT, Z6 Diesel MT, Z4 Diesel AT, Z8S Turbo Petrol MT, Z4 Diesel AWD MT, Z8S Diesel MT, Z6 Diesel AT, Z8S Turbo Petrol AT, Z8 Diesel MT, Z8S Diesel AT
20%above
Z8T Turbo Petrol MT, Z8T Diesel RWD MT, Z8L Turbo Petrol MT, Z8 Diesel AT, Z8T Turbo Petrol AT, Z8L Diesel RWD MT, Z8T Diesel RWD AT, Z8T Diesel AWD MT, Z8L Turbo Petrol AT, Z8L Diesel RWD AT, Z8L Diesel AWD MT, Z8T Diesel AWD AT, Z8L Diesel AWD AT

Worth knowing before you sign

The step from the Z8S Diesel AT to the Z8T Turbo Petrol MT crosses Tamil Nadu's ₹20 lakh line: ₹49,000 more ex-showroom, but ₹49,580 more road tax, because the whole price moves from 18% to 20%.
The Z2 Diesel MT is ₹59,500 more on the road here than the Z2 Turbo Petrol MT, and ₹9,000 of that is Tamil Nadu's road tax.
On the Mahindra Scorpio-N Z2 Turbo Petrol MT, Chennai is 3rd dearest of 25 states: ₹2,07,600 over Arunachal Pradesh and ₹10,660 under Karnataka.

Which Scorpio-N to buy

Of every paid step up this ladder, Z8 to Z8T buys you the most for your money. In Chennai that step costs ₹1,35,310 on the road, rather than the ₹79,000 the showroom prices suggest.

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Scorpio-N rivals on the road in Chennai

The cheapest way into this group in Chennai is the Kia Syros EV, from ₹13,90,395 on the road, ₹2,71,773 under the Scorpio-N's ₹16,62,168. Each figure is that car's cheapest variant on the road in Chennai, on the same Tamil Nadu road tax.

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From ₹13,90,395 on the road
₹2,71,773 under the Scorpio-N
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MG Windsor EV
From ₹15,27,755 on the road
₹1,34,413 under the Scorpio-N
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Tata Safari
From ₹16,11,190 on the road
₹50,978 under the Scorpio-N
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Hyundai Alcazar
From ₹17,43,280 on the road
₹81,112 over the Scorpio-N
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The Scorpio-N in its colours

Napoli Black

Vehicle images: Mahindra official media assets (auto.mahindra.com)

How the Z2 Turbo Petrol MT's ₹16,62,168 breaks down

Getting it on the road in Chennai adds ₹2.93L to the ex-showroom price, and road tax is the biggest part of that.

Ex-showroom price: ₹13,69,000
Road tax (18%): ₹2,46,420
Road safety tax: ₹2,250
Registration fee (central): ₹800
TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)refundable: ₹13,690
Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST): ₹29,023
Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST)estimate: ₹885
FASTagestimate: ₹100
Comprehensive own-damage covernot in this total: insurer-priced
On-road in Chennai: ₹16,62,168

The fine print

Road tax (18%): TN MV Taxation Act 1974, Third Schedule Part I as substituted by the Amendment Act 2023 (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), read from the gazetted text
Road safety tax: TN MV Taxation Act 1974 section 3-B and the Sixth Schedule as substituted by section 6 of the Amendment Act 2023, read from the gazetted text on 2026-11-03: 'ROAD SAFETY TAX. New Motor Vehicles', Light Motor Vehicles Rs 2,250. The document is the Bill as introduced (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), so the figure is primary while its being in force rests on reporting that Act 30 of 2023 commenced 08 or 09-11-2023, corroborated by the Third and Fourth Schedules of the same substitution clause being in force exactly as drafted. The Act as passed is requested as tn-act-30-of-2023. Some aggregator breakdowns still print the pre-2023 Rs 1,500 and others print Rs 2,250
Registration fee (central): CMVR Rule 81, as amended by GSR 1183(E) dated 29-12-2016
TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax): Income-tax Act 1961 s.206C(1F) from 1 June 2016, and from 1 April 2026 s.394(1) of the Income-tax Act 2025 at the same rate and threshold (renumbering reported, not read from the Act); creditable against the buyer's income tax
Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST): Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018
Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST): Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018; The Rs 15 lakh owner-driver cover is mandatory; this prescribed rate is what most insurers charge for the annual form.
FASTag: Tag cost only. Issuers add a deposit and minimum balance; dealer bundles commonly total Rs 500-600.
Comprehensive own-damage cover: Not in this total. Lenders require it and most buyers take it, but it has been market-priced since 2007 and varies widely with insurer, cover value and no-claim bonus, so an honest single figure does not exist. Budget for it from real quotes on top of this total.

The Rs 2,250 road safety tax, charged once when a new car is registered, is included in every figure here. Tamil Nadu waives road tax on an electric car bought before 2028, and nothing published says whether that waiver covers this charge too, so an electric buyer may pay Rs 2,250 less than we show.
Some price breakdowns for the state still show this charge at Rs 1,500, which is what it was before the 2023 change to the state's tax act. We use Rs 2,250 because that is the figure the state's own gazetted schedule prints. If your RTO still collects the older amount, your total will be Rs 750 less than this.

Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Where these figures come from

Every charge here is computed from Tamil Nadu's own notifications, each cited beside the line it produced, and last checked on 7 August 2026. Rates change with state budgets, so confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Registering a Scorpio-N in Chennai

Cars registered in Chennai carry TN-01, TN-02, TN-03, TN-04, TN-05, TN-06, TN-07, TN-09, TN-10, TN-13, TN-14, TN-18 or TN-22 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address.

Series	Issuing office	Covers
TN-01	RTO, Chennai Central	central Chennai; office at Ayanavaram
TN-02	RTO, Chennai North West	north west Chennai; office at Anna Nagar
TN-03	RTO, Chennai North East	north east Chennai; office at Tondiarpet
TN-04	RTO, Chennai East	east Chennai; office at Pulianthoppu
TN-05	RTO, Chennai North	north Chennai; office at Kolathur
TN-06	RTO, Chennai South East	south east Chennai; office at Mandaveli
TN-07	RTO, Chennai South	south Chennai; office at Thiruvanmiyur
TN-09	RTO, Chennai West	west Chennai; office at K.K. Nagar
TN-10	RTO, Chennai South West	south west Chennai; office at Virugambakkam
TN-13	RTO, Ambattur	Ambattur
TN-14	RTO, Sholinganallur	Sholinganallur
TN-18	RTO, Redhills	Redhills
TN-22	RTO, Alandur	Alandur; office at Meenambakkam

Tamil Nadu State Transport Authority, Regional Transport Office contact list; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2021-08-14, checked 9 August 2026.

Scorpio-N on-road price in other cities

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Same figures, same state: Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem

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Questions buyers ask

What is the Mahindra Scorpio-N on-road price in Chennai?

Between ₹16,62,168 for the Z2 Turbo Petrol MT and ₹31,17,348 for the Z8L Diesel AWD AT, as of October 2026. That covers Tamil Nadu road tax, registration and the mandatory insurance; comprehensive own-damage cover is priced by insurers and comes on top.

How much is the road tax on the Mahindra Scorpio-N in Chennai?

₹2,46,420 on the Z2 Turbo Petrol MT at ₹13.69L ex-showroom. The rate comes from Tamil Nadu's own schedule (TN MV Taxation Act 1974, Third Schedule Part I as substituted by the Amendment Act 2023 (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), read from the gazetted text), verified on 7 August 2026.

Is the Mahindra Scorpio-N cheaper on-road in another city of Tamil Nadu?

No. Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Salem: registering in a different city of the state does not change them.

Which number plate series does the Mahindra Scorpio-N registered in Chennai get?

Cars registered in Chennai carry TN-01, TN-02, TN-03, TN-04, TN-05, TN-06, TN-07, TN-09, TN-10, TN-13, TN-14, TN-18 or TN-22 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address. The series belongs to the office, not the car, so every vehicle registered there wears it (Tamil Nadu State Transport Authority, Regional Transport Office contact list; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2021-08-14, checked 9 August 2026).